Lepidopleurus fairchildi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Lepidopleurida |
Family: | Leptochitonidae |
Genus: | Lepidopleurus |
Species: | L. fairchildi |
Binomial name | |
Lepidopleurus fairchildi Iredale & Hull, 1929 | |
Synonyms | |
Lepidopleurus kerguelenensis Hedley, 1916 |
Lepidopleurus fairchildi is a species of chiton in the family Leptochitonidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand.
Habitat
This chiton lives on intertidal rocks.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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